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Baby starts chain reaction leading to exercise

It wasn’t until fairly recently that I realized that some of myself, well a lot of myself, has been lost over the past years. I had engulfed my dreams in the practical and parental plans for my children. You know, the , “Well, I won’t be able to do that, but I will help my children do it,” mentality. Ever since I was a little somem, growing up in Detroit, I thought I could change the world. I know, many of us have those thoughts at, say, age 5, but for me, they lasted well into my adulthood. Now, what do you do with dreams deferred? Well, in my case (and I hope in yours), it won’t dry up and die like a raisin in the sun (If you are unfamiliar with these references might I point you to the poem, Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes and of course, the now-popular play turned television show with P. Diddy, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry).
Wow, will the English teacher/literary elitist ever die? (I guess not.)
Anyway, I’m not trying to put things off any more, so let’s get this party started…well, that’s what I told myself and right when I was sitting down getting ready to write my next book proposal (oooh, I have to update all of my former readers about that whole book proposal process in another post), BBB, my youngest child, peed in the pot (yeah!) and kicked the little potty all over the floor in excitement. Man was that joy short-lived? I tried not to scream, but I’m not good at NOT screaming and all of that “make my dreams happen” energy went to scrubbing the carpet so that the basement wouldn’t smell like pee. Oh and after that trauma (you would think I would be over this…I know DH thinks I’m tripping over this potty training fiasco, but…another post, another post), I was so tired.
Tired.
Is that word synonymous with mother? With parent?
This tired crap has got to stop. It’s the middle of the day. I just got a little window to get my write on and here we go again, another distraction, another life moment. So what do you do?
Take a deep breath, gather up that baby and head to the dang gone gym or to the TV and get your stamina up.
My energy level has been crappy for years and I am too young to always feel tired PLUS we all have too many dreams, plans, ideas, thoughts that are laying dormant on the inside. So, I’m fighting back!
First, I’m starting with a natural total body cleanse, which I read should take at least 40 days to do it right. I didn’t find a lot of great sites that were informative/most of them were just giving the benefits of their products, but I did find some good books (if you want to join me, you can buy them from me…they are listed on my Amazon widget:
The Detox Strategy
The Fast Track One Day Detox
The Seasonal Detox Diet
The New Detox Diet
Secondly, I am getting my behind into gear and exercise. I know from the last time, I talked about this..I was supposed to trim some pounds, but I didn’t stick with it. This time, I realize that I don’t have a choice. My livelihood is at stake. The doctor told me that if I don’t exercise consistently, that I am going to experience not just physical issues, but also emotional issues (do we need to go there again?). So, I picked up some exercise DVDs and I’ll have to fill you in on which ones I’m using tomorrow.
Lastly, I am going to bed earlier, waking up at 5 AM (that’s the ultimate goal) and I am going to spend at least an hour before the kids wake up…doing ME, working on ME, developing MY dreams and writing this friggin proposal. You deserve to be the best YOU and an unfulfilled you ain’t your best.
Please share your dreams, ideas and plans that you’ve put on hold and share what your hold up has been. Tell us how you are going to get back on track or how you ARE back on track. We’d love to hear it!

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